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-o’clock the same evening.

’ having chopped reund'to the Westward.

observe, seems to be viewed, in some of the late London

unimportant, both in a political and commercial point

, want ofconfidence, and of demand, as yet no perceptible

home‘Made have continued in almost all cases to confine

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CHARLOTTETOWN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1842.

The Steamer S-r. Gnomes, which left this on Friday morning, at half-past Eight, encountered the very violent gale front E. NIE. which sprung up in the course of the day. The wind blew with such violence, that it was difficult, it is fluid, at times, to stand upon deck. The boat, however, behaVed remarkably well, and got into Pictou about Eleven ‘ At Three, p. m., on Sunday, she again left Pictou for this Port, where she arrived about Eleven o’clock in the evening, the wind, in the meantime,

must not be allowed to exist.” So, we hear, reasons the' Queen; and we should suppose her decision is also back- ed by- the advice of at least some of her Ministers and advisers; we say “ some,” because we can state upon authority, that the Duke of Wellington is in favour of the union.—Ib.

_ LONDON, \Nov. 4.

The Allgnmeine Zeittmg mentionsthat the writings of Mr. Charles Dickens have been translated into the Turk- ish language.

The Queen has been pleased to grant the ofiice of her Majesty's advocate for Scotland to. Duncan M‘Neil, Esq, her Majesty’s Solicitor-General fin? Scotland, in the room of Sir William Rae, Bart., deceased.

'The SLGsuaee brought the English November Mail, received at Halifax on the 15th inst, per Steamer ACADIA, which left Liverpool on the 4th inst. The news—although not particularly interesting—will be found set forth pretty copiously in this sheet. ~

Our great fishing scheme at Cascumpec, we regret to

which so much benefit was expected to shipping on those

the late gales. It has caused much regret in the mero interest, although many persons have all along doubted the practicability of the plan. . '

Dea'ru or GRACE DARI.INc.—This heroic and inter- esting female expired at Bamburgh, on Thursday, the,f filth-October, in her 25th year. She has been in a de- ”' ‘ licate state of health for a considerable time past. Her complaint having assumed the form of decided consump- tion, and all hope of her recovery abandoned, her father ‘ anxiously desired that she should return amongst her fa- mily, and she was accordingly removed from Aluwick to Bamburgh only about ten days before her death. Mr. Sergeant Spankie expired on Wednesday mo'rning, at his own residence in Russell-square. London. Prince Galitzin died at Paris, on Friday last. He was son of Prince Galitzin, directem' en chrfof the post- office of Russia, also member ofthe council of the em- pire. ‘ Pon'r NATAL—A private letter has reached us from Cape Town, along with a file ofnowspapers ofthe 5th of August. The Soul/I Afriran Advertiser of the 6th announces the return ofa portion of the troops under the command of Colonel Cloete, and the total submis- sion of the boers, who had releasad the whole of their prisoners, whether soldiers or civilians. - The cabinet of France has proposed to the. British government the abrogation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, by which the mutual right of search for the preven- tion afghe slave trade was established, and the adoption, instead of it, of the system agreed upon between Eng- land and America, that each country should maintain an equal naval force on the west coast of Africa, as a check on malpractices under its own flag. As an inducement to this, M. Guizot expresses his perfect willingness at once to enter on the discussion of a commercial treaty between France and England. Lord Aberdeen has eva- ded any definite answer to the first proposal, by merely stating that no change can be made in the existing rela- tions as to the right of search till the expiry of the pe- i'iod for which French letters of marque Were granted to English cruisers; This will be next year. With res- pect to the treaty of commerce, his lordship is anxious to meet the French government half way. ' There is less probability than there was ofthe propo- sed commercial union between France and Belgium being carried into effect. The trading classes in France are strongly opposed to the union, and the abstinence bf the Government from pressing it, will, it is. thought, go a good way towards enabling them to pass safely through. the approaching Session of Chambers.. The first meeting of the United Committee ofthe Pro. vincial States has just taken place in Prussia. A recent decree of the King convoked this body. The commit- tee have no power to discuss any public matters but such as shall be‘referred to them by the crown. The. topits now to be considered by them are, a uniform diminution ofthe public burdens, and the adoption ofa general sys- tem'of railways throughout the Prussian provinces. The expense of the railroads, if'determined on, is to be met by an issue of treasury notes, to the amount of80,001),- 000 thaliers. TOTAL ABANDUNMENT or win Nicnn Exnnor'rIoN. 4Iiit'elligence' has been received from iVestern Africa, to the 2d August. It announces the return to Fernando Po of the Queen’s steamer Wilberforce, from the ascent ofthe Niger to the Model-farm oftl‘IejAfrican Civiliza- tion Society, and the bringing away ofall the people and property left there by the Niger expedition. The Wil- berforce ascended under command of Lieutenant Webb, with Some eight or ten Europeans, who volunteered from Fernando Po; the rest of the ship’s campany being native Africans. With the exception ofthe commander and one of the volunteers, all the whites were laid up with sickness before the Wilberforce reached the coast ; and latterly the engine had been worked by a black boy, who had learnt its management on board Mr. Jamieson’s steamer Ethiope ; the engineers being stck with the rest. “ Such a wreck of property,” says a private letter, l‘ as was landing at Clarence Cove, never was seen.” The natives had not molested the people at the Model-farm; but Mr. Carr, who attempted to ascend from the coast in a canoe, had, it is supposed, been niurd'ered in the Nun river. Allan Cunningham, a scion and ornament of Scot- land, distinguished as the friend of Chantry, land for his prose and poetical works, died of apoploxy, at his house in Lower .Belgrave square. London, on the 29th October. He was in the 56th year of his age. ' Her Majesty’s consent has been given to the marriage of her' Royal Highness the Princess Augusta bf'Ca‘rn- bridge, with his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Me‘cklen‘burgh SIr‘eli’t'z.

The Paella bf Egypt has forwarded to Sir Napier l medal, splendidly enriched with diamonds, and a sword, the hilt and scabbaid ofwhich are nearly all com- posed o'f solid gold. I .

It will give all admirers of poetry gratification to hear that her Majesty has conferred a pension of a year upon William Wordsworth. Long may be live to enjoy it!

Captain “Drew, who commanded the 'eitp'e‘diti'ou t'hitt destroyed the notorious steamer Caroline, at S'chlosser, has been appointed to the command ’of Her Majesty's Ship Wasp, of 16 guns. ,

lemma—The Right Hon. Francis Blac'k‘burne has been appointed Master of the 'Rollsin ‘Ireland,-in the

pipers, as being little better than some of those Joint Corn- pb’ny‘ clap-traps, so frequently got up. of-late, for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the public, and a little of somewhat more substantial stuff into the pockets of the wily

Meme: . . if: 'A -; GENERAL SUMMARY. ~

. (firm the Amrican N'cws Letter, .N‘ov. 4.) .The news which the Acadia carries out is meagre and

of view. We continue to “ drag on a miserable exis- tence" in mercantile matters, with but little prospect of a speedy improvement. The feeling of despoodency Which has so long existed amongst the commercial clas- ses continues rather to increase than diminish. The revulsion in the corn trade, by overwhelming so many houses at home and abroad, has spread difficulty and alarm en'eVer side. During the last week, another ex- tensive house, that of Coventry and Hunter, (one of the partners in which was worth £4tk000 six moaths ago), hit gone in Londoma'n'd the accounts from the south of France bring a most appalling list ofcoru houses which hate failed at Marseilles. During the last year, the trade with the Mediterranean Was the best carried on by this country, but as it owed its activity chiefly to the demand for grain for the English market, it is to be feared that the breaking up of so many of the corn homes at Mar- seilles, and the cessation of the demand for corn, will have ’an’injurious effect upon it, and especially on the demand f‘Or British goods, in which all the returns to that part of the world are made. The firmness with which the Liverpool corn houses have stood the recent shook has excited great surprise in London. Shipping continues very dull, and in one extreme case, a British American vessel has been sold in Liverpool, for the al- nlost ih‘credibly low price oft-.vo pounds sixteen shillings a ton. Such a thing was never heard of before. Money continues abundant, and food, by the operation of the new tarifi'. is g’raduallybecoming cheaper; but from the

change has taken, place. The produce market is with- out e'ny striking feature, and during the past week the

théii‘ purchases to actual want only, while the advanced season naturally contracts the export trade, and capital~ ists, from the continued unsatisfactOry state of things, an not possess sufficient confidence to employ their capi- tal in m‘erch‘tndize ; altogether, the appearance of our maiketsis hnything bui encouraging. All kinds of pro- visions being on the decline, must in a great measure ameliorate the condition oftheworking population, and with it more extended demand for our manufactures, we see no reason why a beneficial change should not take place. The principal topic of conversation is the result of the late sales ofludigo; which have gone ofl‘very satis- factorily for the importers; but, that so large a quantity should be bought by Foreigners, appears to be a subject of grave consideration, inasmuch as it shows that the manufacturing trade with them is in a far more healthy state than with us. The cotton trade is improving, and higher prices have been paid. In Liverpool; since the 215“; the market has worn a lively appearance, and the sales from the ,date ofthe 2lst to the 29th oflast month, amounted to 27,800 bales. The quantity taken for con- sumption has not, however, been larger than usual, the increased demand having arisen from the purchases of speculators. The great abundance ofmoney for banking purposes has reduced the rate of interest so much as t3 tempt capitalists to Invest their funds in produce, and at the present price of cotton it is probably as ‘good an in- vestment as can be found. Owing to the confusion in the corn trade, there is a great indispositiort to risk mo- ney in, that business, though there are persons of good judgment who believe that 'grain purchased at the prgsent prices would pay very well a few months hence. Parhament, it is_ thought, would not itie'et befdre the beginning of January. ‘

' A‘DELICATI‘: AFFAIR IN HIGH Lire—A cood deal of interest has been excited for some days past? by the pub- lication of rumours ofa “delicate affair” in high life. The rumour is, that a noble Prince has long been attach- ed to the eldest daughter of '11 Noble I)uke,°whose family, on one side, claims certain consanguinity with that of thousosereign. The result efihe mutual passion exist- ingon the part ofthe Prince and the Lady, renders an atonementby marriage now absolutely necessary. The lady is in a 'way to became a mother, and, in the Short space ofthree months, will enjoy the blessings, or feel the pangs, ofmatern’ity. Her ladysbip's situation is, of «course, now unable to be any longer concealed; and her father has communicated with the Prince's father upon ,tlIe‘subject. His Royal Highness immediately as- gented to the necessity ,of union between his so'u'and the Noble Lady ; and the Prince himselfis anxious to make- the reparation which lies inhis power. But, according to the terms oft'h‘e Royal Marriage Act, which was passed in the time ofGeorge the Third, no member ofthe Roy- al family canespouse any one without the previously ob- tained consent—of the Sovereigm Were the Prince and the lady, in question to be united 'wit'houtsuch censcnt, the marriage would be illegal, and the offspring illegitim mate. The Queen has. therefore, been applied to in the present emergency, and all‘at‘te'm'pts to induce Her to'alter 'room Of'Sir Michael O’iLoghlen, Ba'r't, deceased. her decision are vain. Her Majesty’s cons‘ent is not , Mr. O’Connell resigned the Mayoralin nfth‘e City of alone sufficient; that ofthe‘ Privy Cunnc‘il must also be Dublin ‘on Tuesday, Nov. '1, and proposed Alderman obtained, after a year’s notice‘formally given. Her Ma- George Rose to ’fill the office for'th'e ‘cnm'inn year who jegty (or her Privy Council) argues thus :,——“ It ispossi- ‘wasthen Elected. flhd invested with his ensiEnia. . me my children may die; then comes the King of Hano— The 'Hm'lre Journal 'colnplait‘ts fha’t the French -'at war, wlzo is very old; after him,Prince George‘of'Hano- St. Pierre and Mlqtielo‘n pféfer buying their fish of for- ver, 'who is'ver'y sickly; next the Duke of Sussex; and eign fishermen to catching them; and that immense then the Duke of Cambridge. Now, if all theSe events frauds in this way have just been discovered.

tingencyrhowever remote and improbable it may appear, '

‘The cassoon erected, on the vGoodwin Sands, from in dangerous sands, has, we are sorry to see, given way to , ‘

cantile circles, who looked to the result with considerable .

‘ ad respected bymll classes ofpersons, without reference ‘ Ii ions 0 tmon. . . . -;‘ehegelegti:n ofPrince Alexander, in Servna, Is defini- ‘fively confirmed at the. Porte, and messengers have been dispatched to invest him With his dignity: ‘ Parmesan—Accounts have been received from Lts— ‘a to the 24th ult. The Prime dc Joinville and Duke ’Aumale had arrived with a squadron of three vessel's, d were received by the Royal Family and the public Ithorities with the most marked attentions. Sir .Charles ~pier, to Whom the Queen owes so much, arrived on 7 e following day, and was saluted by the Portuges- iris as he proceeded up the river. Great attention was aid to our gallant countryman by the court and public Ithorities. ’ ' .SYMPTOMS or RuvwrNc Timon—During the last w days, since the new ta'rifi' has come into operation, out 3500 loads of colonial timber, have been taken out bond at this port.———Sunr1crlanrl Times. ‘ ,A railway is about to be laid down in the island of arbadoes. [VALUABLE DIVIDEND.——A final dividend, on the bank. Ipt estate of Messrs. Caldwell, Srnyth, and Co.,has .’ u'declared, offive—sixteenths of a penny in the pound. ~ he commission is dated 23d March, 1793. . How any of the creditors are alive to claim this magnificent ivideud, and how much would avproofof twenty pounds poo re .7 » V t" Ban‘Isu AND NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.— Another joint-stock emigration bubble hasjust exploded, to the infinite injury of some scores of honest and Indus-. trious mechanics, and to the serious loss of many trades- men. More pompous and inflated—and we may add Inore suspicious-«advertisements and prospectuses were never issued by any company than by the British Ame- rican Association, located in the vicinity of Blackfriars- bridge. The entire peerage and baroootage ofthe uni- ted kingdom seemed to have united their wealth and their ‘vits in the scheme i5sued by this association, yet it will doubtless be now discovered that a few needy pro- jectors were the ” be all and the end all" ofthis precious filot to turn a penny. The transaction, which has at- tracted attention to the syncrelic alliance which had been formed between men of money, men of high-sound- ing titles—penniless lads wi’ lang pedigrees—and men of plans and projects, Is worthyofthe days when whole cargoes of labourers were seduced into ships ready to sail, and transported willy nilly to the plantations. The humane Confederates combined under the aforesaid title actually proposed to land some hundreds of their coun- trymen at Halifax, and to march them 200 miles over al- most impassable tracts and masses of floating ice to Prince Edward Island in the depth of winter—that is, ifthey got safely across the Atlantic—and there to let them see what the gods would send them. lftbese as- sociators have any lands in that Island, of what utility or advantage would have been this location of them on Christmas Day? Where was the necessity to season emigrants by plunging them at once into the ice and snow ofthe arctic region? The folly of the proceeding eguals its wickedness. 3’ When the case ofthe association’s dupes was first brought before the Lord Mayor, its attorney assured that triagistrate that the association was the Duke of Argyll’s otvn child: his grace, it appears, repudiates the honour of any such paternity, though he admits being its patron, has attended meetings of its directors, and has subscri- bigd towards its funds. The duke is “ now desirous of withdrawing his- name from the roll of subscribers ‘or shareholders, as they are called,” and “ certainly does not consider himself responsible for any of the pecuniary transactions of, the parties in London who assume the management of the company’s affairs at present.” It is really. surprising how men of honour and rank will allow designing and needy persons to traffic. to the injury and loss ofother people, with their names; it is not ‘more surprising than it is scandalous.——London

Morning Herald.

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The New York Spectator mentions, that Mr.Webster has received a letter by the Caledonia’s mail which states that the Boundary Treaty has been ratified by the British Government, and that a special messenger would be sent with the oliicial news, by the steamship Great Western. A salute of IOO-guns had been fired in New YoIk upon the receipt of this intelligence“

CANAL un'rWEEN 'rnn ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEAN. alt has been decreed by the Congress of New Grenada, that all the privileges which have heretofore been given to the French and British, in opening a canal through Panama, be forfeited and withdrawn, and the project of connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific be thrown open to the competition of the whole world.

POST OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.—A Letter dated 17th August last, from Col. Maberlv, Secretary of the Gene- ral Post Office, London, to John Howe. Esq, at the head of the Post Office department in these Lower Co- lonies, intimates that the patronage hitherto exercised by Deputy Post Masters General in Her M ajesty’s Pro- vinces in British North America, was from that period to be vested in the Officers administering the Govern-V ment ofthese provinces.-Hal-ifaz Guardian.

EMIGRATIIiN.'—Up to the 29th ult.‘of the present year, 44,319 passengers arrived at‘Quobec, being an increase nf15,508 over the number last year.

The maillstea‘rmrr Unicorn was to be despatched from Quebec ‘on the 12th inst. for Halifax direct, being her last trip for the ’season.

HIGHLAND SvaIEa-v.—Tbrough the influence of that spirited and patriotic Sootchrrra'n—R. C. Macdo‘na'ld, Esq, Paymaster ‘of the 30th Regiment—a Highland So- ciety is about to be establisth in St. John, in connecv

GreatBritain. The objects contemplated are identified with those of similar bodies in the other Colonies. and

come an efficient auxiliary in their attainment.

PA SSENGERS.

In the Steamer St ’Georize, from Pictou, 'n‘tt “Saturday—Liam, G. ‘B. Dawson, ‘1 Sergt. and 21 rank nnd‘file,'nf1hn’Rifie'Brignde' Rev. Mr. Geddie; Mr. & Mrs.‘Ctheron: Messrs. P. Murphy, .Iolm'Jnlmnton, A, M‘Lenn. R. Longworth, J. Welsh, F. M'Neil‘l, . E! Irving. D. Mtg“, P, Walker, 0. Muclaren, and 10 'in the‘

‘st'eerage.

‘Snte Nrf'Ws, Isln’nd. I FR:V.ESEND, Nov. ll.—'Saile'd, Barb-lilacs, Light, 'for ‘P. ‘E. s an . City]: on Coast. Nov. 3.-—Arriverl, James. Surleau, fromI do MELANCHULV Suwwnr‘.cn.~- The Schooner Trial. 'Plnci‘de- Le Blane, Master, bound from P. E. Island to Newfoilndlnnd. with a

were to happen, the Prince alluded to would stand an DnA'rn on THE Ray. SOLmtoN Housman—Died excellent chance of assuming the sceptre also. In this on Monday morning, in the 82nd year of his age, the case, a subject becomes the Queen of England, should

Rev. Solomon Herschell, 40 years ChiefRabbi of the

cargo tiff’otaln‘es, has been cast ashore at the mouth of Pomket River, In the bounty ofSydney, in the gale on the night of'l‘hurs- day , 3d Inst., and all hands lost.---None of the bodies have yet

tion with. and as a Branch of‘the Parent Institution of-

we sincerely hope the one ‘u‘nder consideration will be-.

fBlD’EFDRD, ’Oct. Ell—Arrived, Margare’t,‘Shopland, from 1’. EL